Police in cities across the U.S. aren’t worried about ghosts and goblins on this Halloween weekend. They’re prepped for the real horror show they expect — dangerous, disruptive, and lawless street takeovers.
\n\nAuthorities from the Jersey Shore in the east to suburban Atlanta in the south are establishing curfews for teenagers and bumping up police patrols, with metropolitan areas still reeling from takeovers that have drawn hundreds of teens and young adults and erupted in lawless, urban chaos.
\n\nSgt. Betsy Brantner Smith of the National Police Association told Fox News that police departments need to be more proactive on Halloween as street takeovers show no signs of slowing down.
\n\n“On Halloween night, I can tell you from experience, our call volume goes up — you know, four or five, six times — because people are calling… because of fireworks,” Brantner Smith said.
\n\nPyrotechnics can play a big role in takeovers involving cars, also known as “side shows” or “meetups.”
\n\nAs Breitbart News has been reporting, street takeovers are not limited to or necessarily organized on social media by teenagers alone, as many other news outlets have incorrectly reported.
\n\nTypically, these events feature dystopian, other-worldly controlled chaos as cars burn circles…
Original source: https://breitbart.com/
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